A meeting was a meeting—after convening, they discussed and decided on matters related to the topic. At the very least, there should have been some kind of conclusion.
But after this meeting ended, it seemed somewhat strange. Yet everyone who had attended acted perfectly normal.
After the meeting concluded, apprehending the criminals was not made the primary objective. In fact, hearing the security chief say that an assault by merely a dozen or so armed bandits had caused the security forces to lose dozens of men already showed that these bandits were no ordinary people.
Therefore, some of the things said during the meeting could not be carried out, especially the pursuit of the bandits. Capturing them would not only cost a great deal of money and time, but if Bar Street remained closed, the losses each day would also be enormous.
So, in their eyes, reopening Bar Street was the top priority! As long as it reopened, they could make money, and everything else would become easier to handle.
As for the bandits, they would still pursue them, but they would definitely proceed cautiously and investigate everything first. If the bandits were truly vicious or powerful, they would simply watch them leave Cambodia.
If the bandits were of limited strength, they would capture them directly and deal with the rest afterward.
Everything began to be carried out through the seamless cooperation of the meeting participants. As for whether everyone understood the issues involved, that was not something ordinary people could comprehend. No one who could reach such a position was a fool.
Moreover, the Siem Reap City official issued an instruction regarding news releases: delay them as much as possible. That would also give them more time to deceive those above and conceal things from those below.
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